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The Origins of 11 Famous Star Trek Lines

This week's premiere of Star Trek Into Darkness is bringing out the inner Trekkie (or Trekker, if you prefer) in all of us. There's a good chance you have more than a few famous lines from Gene Roddenberry's sci-fi saga filed away in your memory. Here are 11 of the most notable Star Trek catch-phrases, as well as a little more information about their origins.... READ ON

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5 Extremely Emo Scientific Phenomena

Know someone who still thinks science is boring? Tell them to get a load of these five phenomena, which prove science can be as painfully poetic as a ghost falling in love with a cirrus cloud.... READ ON

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What is the Most Complex Chinese Character?

Chinese characters are made up of strokes. Learning to write them involves not only learning where all the strokes go, but also the order in which they are supposed to be written and the direction of each individual stroke (left to right, up to down, etc.) The most complex character, biáng, is made up of 57 strokes.... READ ON